Originally Posted by jackcarls0n

This was directly conveyed by the Sr. Pilot Hiring Manager at the recent career expo. She mentioned that college degree is not mandatory. They do hire non-degree holders. On the contrary 98% have degrees and 2% who get hired don't have one. So out of 600 pilots a year they hire, approximately 12 didn't had a degree.
Now, what qualifications those pilots have, is a different question.